Apixaban for the Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism Associated with Cancer.
Administration, Oral
Aged
Anticoagulants
/ administration & dosage
Dalteparin
/ administration & dosage
Female
Hemorrhage
/ chemically induced
Humans
Incidence
Injections, Subcutaneous
Intention to Treat Analysis
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms
/ complications
Proportional Hazards Models
Pulmonary Embolism
/ prevention & control
Pyrazoles
/ administration & dosage
Pyridones
/ administration & dosage
Secondary Prevention
/ methods
Single-Blind Method
Venous Thromboembolism
/ drug therapy
Venous Thrombosis
/ prevention & control
Journal
The New England journal of medicine
ISSN: 1533-4406
Titre abrégé: N Engl J Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0255562
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
23 04 2020
23 04 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
31
3
2020
medline:
29
4
2020
entrez:
31
3
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Recent guidelines recommend consideration of the use of oral edoxaban or rivaroxaban for the treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer. However, the benefit of these oral agents is limited by the increased risk of bleeding associated with their use. This was a multinational, randomized, investigator-initiated, open-label, noninferiority trial with blinded central outcome adjudication. We randomly assigned consecutive patients with cancer who had symptomatic or incidental acute proximal deep-vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism to receive oral apixaban (at a dose of 10 mg twice daily for the first 7 days, followed by 5 mg twice daily) or subcutaneous dalteparin (at a dose of 200 IU per kilogram of body weight once daily for the first month, followed by 150 IU per kilogram once daily). The treatments were administered for 6 months. The primary outcome was objectively confirmed recurrent venous thromboembolism during the trial period. The principal safety outcome was major bleeding. Recurrent venous thromboembolism occurred in 32 of 576 patients (5.6%) in the apixaban group and in 46 of 579 patients (7.9%) in the dalteparin group (hazard ratio, 0.63; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.37 to 1.07; P<0.001 for noninferiority). Major bleeding occurred in 22 patients (3.8%) in the apixaban group and in 23 patients (4.0%) in the dalteparin group (hazard ratio, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.40 to 1.69; P = 0.60). Oral apixaban was noninferior to subcutaneous dalteparin for the treatment of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism without an increased risk of major bleeding. (Funded by the Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance; Caravaggio ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03045406.).
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Recent guidelines recommend consideration of the use of oral edoxaban or rivaroxaban for the treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer. However, the benefit of these oral agents is limited by the increased risk of bleeding associated with their use.
METHODS
This was a multinational, randomized, investigator-initiated, open-label, noninferiority trial with blinded central outcome adjudication. We randomly assigned consecutive patients with cancer who had symptomatic or incidental acute proximal deep-vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism to receive oral apixaban (at a dose of 10 mg twice daily for the first 7 days, followed by 5 mg twice daily) or subcutaneous dalteparin (at a dose of 200 IU per kilogram of body weight once daily for the first month, followed by 150 IU per kilogram once daily). The treatments were administered for 6 months. The primary outcome was objectively confirmed recurrent venous thromboembolism during the trial period. The principal safety outcome was major bleeding.
RESULTS
Recurrent venous thromboembolism occurred in 32 of 576 patients (5.6%) in the apixaban group and in 46 of 579 patients (7.9%) in the dalteparin group (hazard ratio, 0.63; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.37 to 1.07; P<0.001 for noninferiority). Major bleeding occurred in 22 patients (3.8%) in the apixaban group and in 23 patients (4.0%) in the dalteparin group (hazard ratio, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.40 to 1.69; P = 0.60).
CONCLUSIONS
Oral apixaban was noninferior to subcutaneous dalteparin for the treatment of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism without an increased risk of major bleeding. (Funded by the Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance; Caravaggio ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03045406.).
Identifiants
pubmed: 32223112
doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1915103
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anticoagulants
0
Pyrazoles
0
Pyridones
0
apixaban
3Z9Y7UWC1J
Dalteparin
S79O08V79F
Banques de données
ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT03045406']
Types de publication
Equivalence Trial
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1599-1607Investigateurs
G Agnelli
(G)
R Bauersachs
(R)
B Brenner
(B)
C Becattini
(C)
A Cohen
(A)
J M Connors
(JM)
M V Huisman
(MV)
C Lambert
(C)
G Meyer
(G)
A Muñoz
(A)
M Verso
(M)
M R Sueiro
(MR)
A Torbicki
(A)
G Vescovo
(G)
M Campanini
(M)
A Fontanella
(A)
G Gussoni
(G)
W Ageno
(W)
M Duranti
(M)
F Guercini
(F)
D Jimenez Castro
(D)
S Fatigoni
(S)
A Perrier
(A)
M Moia
(M)
H Bounameaux
(H)
C Cimminiello
(C)
S Eichinger
(S)
L D'Alonzo
(L)
C Iannacone
(C)
F Montuori
(F)
S Frasson
(S)
T Vanassche
(T)
B Planquette
(B)
E Ferrari
(E)
L Bertoletti
(L)
S Accassat
(S)
P Lacroix
(P)
I Desormais
(I)
S Aquilanti
(S)
F Couturaud
(F)
E Le Moigne
(E)
N Falvo
(N)
M Jandot
(M)
I Mahé
(I)
L Plaisance
(L)
G Pernod
(G)
N Zenati
(N)
J Schmidt
(J)
A Elias
(A)
C Grange
(C)
J C Lega
(JC)
F Vergne
(F)
J Constans
(J)
N Brebion
(N)
B Monange
(B)
J Herold
(J)
I Schwarz
(I)
J Beyer-Westendorf
(J)
F Langer
(F)
S Schellong
(S)
I Tzoran
(I)
A Elis
(A)
M Lishner
(M)
N Mative
(N)
E Mazen
(E)
A Rabinovich
(A)
L Franco
(L)
M Giustozzi
(M)
F Dentali
(F)
S Pegoraro
(S)
P Morella
(P)
L Cavanna
(L)
C Biasini
(C)
F Pomero
(F)
P Gnerre
(P)
A Febbraro
(A)
I Spagnoletti
(I)
A Visonà
(A)
D Tonello
(D)
D Manfellotto
(D)
C Nozzoli
(C)
F Rocchi
(F)
G Panigada
(G)
C Bazzini
(C)
P Moscatelli
(P)
G Nicolosi
(G)
N Maurea
(N)
A Caronna
(A)
A Salvi
(A)
C Nitti
(C)
E Chessa
(E)
A Tosetto
(A)
I Nichele
(I)
M Marietta
(M)
V Coluccio
(V)
M Fioretti
(M)
R Pesavento
(R)
E Campello
(E)
M Amitrano
(M)
C Bova
(C)
G de Morelli
(G)
R Landolfi
(R)
A Montagnani
(A)
C Bengala
(C)
S Villalta
(S)
A Tavernese
(A)
D Imberti
(D)
R Benedetti
(R)
M Silingardi
(M)
A M Pizzini
(AM)
A Falanga
(A)
L Barcella
(L)
S Gori
(S)
E Bucherini
(E)
S Tamberi
(S)
A Ghirarduzzi
(A)
L Ghiadoni
(L)
B Alterini
(B)
S Szmit
(S)
M Wilk
(M)
M Styczkiewicz
(M)
D Brilhante
(D)
J Del Toro
(J)
L Ortega
(L)
M Biosca
(M)
M J Delgado Heredia
(MJ)
J Calzas
(J)
V E Castellón Rubio
(VE)
A Cubillo
(A)
C Muñoz
(C)
A M Galeote Miguel
(AM)
E Gallardo
(E)
L Iglesias Docampo
(L)
D Isla
(D)
P Jiménez
(P)
M A Lara
(MA)
B Obispo Portero
(B)
R Lecumberri
(R)
M Marcos Jubilar
(M)
E Martinez de Castro
(E)
D Cacho Lavín
(D)
V Pachón Olmos
(V)
Y Izarzugaza Perón
(Y)
A Belén Rupérez
(A)
A Sánchez
(A)
L Gutiérrez Sanz
(L)
J C Souto
(JC)
V Vicente García
(V)
A Carmona-Bayonas
(A)
L Jara Palomares
(L)
P Pérez Segura
(P)
V Martínez Marín
(V)
F A Klok
(FA)
G J A M Boon
(GJAM)
M J H A Kruip
(MJHA)
M M C Hovens
(MMC)
T van Voorthuizen
(T)
L M Faber
(LM)
C H L Bresser-de Ruyter
(CHL)
B W Schot
(BW)
J Schoenmaker-Coes
(J)
E van Bladel
(E)
R Boersma
(R)
M J M de Vreede
(MJM)
T van Bemmel
(T)
C S Tromp-van Driel
(CS)
S Middeldorp
(S)
E N Hamulyak
(EN)
P Westerweel
(P)
J H Schouwink
(JH)
A T Mairuhu
(AT)
S Shapiro
(S)
A Clark
(A)
R Alikhan
(R)
S Ndjombo
(S)
S Noble
(S)
R Rosovsky
(R)
K A Bauer
(KA)
M R Drescher
(MR)
C P Escalante
(CP)
T F Wang
(TF)
S Moll
(S)
H H Billett
(HH)
R D McBane
(RD)
D Houghton
(D)
P Vishnu
(P)
A Metjian
(A)
H Liebman
(H)
M Murphy
(M)
M Gaddh
(M)
M T DeSancho
(MT)
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